how much protein can you consume in one sitting before you waste it?

[bobbylemke]

if it helps, i'm 15 weigh 145 and i'm 5'7''. also, how long before you can start consuming more protein? is it about two hours or so? thanks.

[me.]

i think your body takes can take 60g at a time? i could be wrong i dont remember

[SurferStyle*]

30 - 40 grams

eat about 5 times a day
ever 2 - 3 hours

[Whiteheart]

No more than one load from Peter North.

[honda-821]

you never know. every time you eat it is a different amount of protein that will be used. so pretty much take in atleast 30g every meal

[PullAndBear]

I really don't think there is any definitive scientific proof that any specific amount is the maximum. Would any of the people throwing out numbers care to give us a source? Most people would say somewhere between 50-60 grams.

[misterhamper]

Ofcourse there's no answer to that question.

[MaTTie8254]

i would think something like 30-50g about every couple hours!

[yanksbgood]

No one knows for sure, but id say somewhere around 50-60 grams.

[Ascendancy]

It depends on how many amino acids you have to take up the protein.

[Smokin Horn]

Ofcourse there's no answer to that question.

he is exactly right

[B33f]

30 grams, no more. It's proved by science.

[jovotovo]

i think you can eat as much as you want TBH

most of that "pissing out protein is BS"

if this is correct then why doesnt fat and carbs get pissed out ?

why are their so many obese people ni the world ?




brb eating 2 family meals and pissing out the extra crap i dont want.

[Braap105]

30 grams, no more. It's proved by science.

and your proof?

and i am pretty sure your body doesn't waste it, it just gets digested later. but im also pretty sure there is no need to take in more then 25-25 grams in a sitting

[PHrKandy]

Ofcourse there's no answer to that question.

this, it just depends on how much your body wants to . there is no given number.

[Muska28]

5. Myth: Maintain a steady supply of amino acids by eating protein every 2-3 hours. The body can only absorb 30 grams of protein in one sitting.


Truth

Whenever you hear something really crazy you need to ask yourself if it makes sense from an evolutionary perspective. It's a great way to quickly determine if something may be valid or if it's more likely a steaming pile of horse****. This myth is a great example of the latter. Do you think we would be here today if our bodies could only make use of 30 grams of protein per meal?

The simple truth is that more protein just takes a longer time to digest and be utilized. For some concrete numbers, digestion of a standard meal is still incomplete after five hours. Amino acids are still being released into your bloodstream and absorbed into muscles. You are still "anabolic." This is a fairly standard "Average Joe"-meal: 600 kcal, 75 g carbs, 37 g protein and 17 g fat. Best of all? This was after eating pizza, a refined food that should be quickly absorbed relatively speaking.

Think about this for a second. How long do you think a big steak, with double the protein intake of the above example, and a big pile of veggies would last you? More than 10 hours, that's for sure. Meal composition plays an important role in absorption speed, especially when it comes to amino acids. Type of protein, fiber, carbohydrates and prior meals eaten all affect how long you'll have amino acids released and being taken up by tissues after meals.

Origin

I think this "30 grams of protein"-nonsense started to circulate after a classic study from 1997 by Boirie and colleagues. "Slow and fast dietary proteins differently modulate postprandial protein accretion" was the first study to quantify the absorption rate of whey and casein protein and gave birth to the concept of fast and slow protein. After that, whey protein came to be known for it's ability to rapidly elevate amino acids in the blood stream and casein for it's ability to create a sustained release of amino acids. Whey was anabolic and casein anti-catabolic.

Given that 30 grams of whey protein was absorbed within 3-4 hours, I guess some people believed that meant 30 grams of protein can only be used in one sitting. Or that you had to eat every 3-4 hours to stay "anabolic." Unfortunately, people missed a few facts that made these findings irrelevant to real-world scenarios. First of all, this study looked at the absorption rate of whey protein in the fasted state. On it's own, and with no meals eaten beforehand, 30 grams of whey protein is absorbed within a mere 3-4 hours. With meals eaten earlier in the day, or if you'd consume a whey shake after a meal, absorption would be much slower.

Second of all, whey protein is the fastest protein of all and digests at 10 g/hour. Casein is much slower; in Boirie's study, the casein protein was still being absorbed when they stopped the experiment 7 hours later. Most whole food proteins are absorbed at a rate of 3-6 grams an hour. Add other macronutrients to that and they'll take longer.

Source - Martin Berkhan (Leangains)

[kentykentkent]

30 grams, no more. It's proved by science.

i want you to link me to numerous public studies that have 100% proved this fact, if not shut the feck up

[BigChamp89]

5. Myth: Maintain a steady supply of amino acids by eating protein every 2-3 hours. The body can only absorb 30 grams of protein in one sitting.


Truth

Whenever you hear something really crazy you need to ask yourself if it makes sense from an evolutionary perspective. It's a great way to quickly determine if something may be valid or if it's more likely a steaming pile of horse****. This myth is a great example of the latter. Do you think we would be here today if our bodies could only make use of 30 grams of protein per meal?

The simple truth is that more protein just takes a longer time to digest and be utilized. For some concrete numbers, digestion of a standard meal is still incomplete after five hours. Amino acids are still being released into your bloodstream and absorbed into muscles. You are still "anabolic." This is a fairly standard "Average Joe"-meal: 600 kcal, 75 g carbs, 37 g protein and 17 g fat. Best of all? This was after eating pizza, a refined food that should be quickly absorbed relatively speaking.

Think about this for a second. How long do you think a big steak, with double the protein intake of the above example, and a big pile of veggies would last you? More than 10 hours, that's for sure. Meal composition plays an important role in absorption speed, especially when it comes to amino acids. Type of protein, fiber, carbohydrates and prior meals eaten all affect how long you'll have amino acids released and being taken up by tissues after meals.

Origin

I think this "30 grams of protein"-nonsense started to circulate after a classic study from 1997 by Boirie and colleagues. "Slow and fast dietary proteins differently modulate postprandial protein accretion" was the first study to quantify the absorption rate of whey and casein protein and gave birth to the concept of fast and slow protein. After that, whey protein came to be known for it's ability to rapidly elevate amino acids in the blood stream and casein for it's ability to create a sustained release of amino acids. Whey was anabolic and casein anti-catabolic.

Given that 30 grams of whey protein was absorbed within 3-4 hours, I guess some people believed that meant 30 grams of protein can only be used in one sitting. Or that you had to eat every 3-4 hours to stay "anabolic." Unfortunately, people missed a few facts that made these findings irrelevant to real-world scenarios. First of all, this study looked at the absorption rate of whey protein in the fasted state. On it's own, and with no meals eaten beforehand, 30 grams of whey protein is absorbed within a mere 3-4 hours. With meals eaten earlier in the day, or if you'd consume a whey shake after a meal, absorption would be much slower.

Second of all, whey protein is the fastest protein of all and digests at 10 g/hour. Casein is much slower; in Boirie's study, the casein protein was still being absorbed when they stopped the experiment 7 hours later. Most whole food proteins are absorbed at a rate of 3-6 grams an hour. Add other macronutrients to that and they'll take longer.

Source - Martin Berkhan (Leangains)

awesome post, that sh!t should be made into a sticky (if it isnt already)

[crixus1337]

i think you can eat as much as you want TBH

most of that "pissing out protein is BS"

if this is correct then why doesnt fat and carbs get pissed out ?

why are their so many obese people ni the world ?




brb eating 2 family meals and pissing out the extra crap i dont want.

You ****ing fail dude. The body stores carbohydrates and lipids, converting xs glycogen to fats. The body cant store protein. But u dont piss it out... It is broken down in the liver to urea. actually the process is more complex but thats roughly it. U piss out this urea mate

[jovotovo]

rofl yea ok bro

millions of years of evolution have designed a way for us to break down nutrients and piss them out.

pls go

[crixus1337]

rofl yea ok bro

millions of years of evolution have designed a way for us to break down nutrients and piss them out.

pls go

Look up "deamination of proteins by the liver"

There, i led the donkey to the water

[jajababa]

anyoen saying a certin amoutn has no clue what tehre talkign about. you can eat as much protein i na servign and all well be used. look at studies. they took 100 people gave 1 amount servings of a small portion of protein in each and the other 2 big meals both the 6 meals and 2 small meals has the same cals and protein, in 3 months no noticeable difference were between the 2, it takes more then 72 hours for the digestion process to be completed. how would the warrior diet work if this was not true? look at sicence before you look in a teen BB fourm were 50% of ppl here dont even squat or deadlift

(typing fast misspelt alot of letters)

[joebrosef]

12 is the most ur body can consume in one sitting. When u go super saiyan this increases 10 folds. Thats y saiyans heals so fast.

[shanny66]

There is alot of controversy about this but nobody knows for sure.
Id say just split it equally between your meals.
So if you need 100g of protein a day and you eat five times a day. In each sitting you would try to get in 20g of protien. This is just an example, you will need alot more than 100g of protein.

[moosewarrior]

your body will take what it needs at that particular time

[Johnchallis]

and your proof?

and i am pretty sure your body doesn't waste it, it just gets digested later. but im also pretty sure there is no need to take in more then 25-25 grams in a sitting

yeh bro usually somewhere between 25 and 25 grams a sitting


... lolwut

[shaneee]

I think the set amount that can be is ALOT higher than most people seem to believe..I personally in at least 1-2 meals a day consume 100+ grams of protein in that sitting